Part 1Protection of the water environment
Chapter 2River basin management planning
River basin management plans
10River basin management plans
1
SEPA must, by such date as the Scottish Ministers may direct, prepare and submit to them a river basin management plan for each river basin district in respect of such period as they may direct.
2
A river basin management plan must include—
a
the matters specified in Part 1 of schedule 1, and
b
such other matters as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations specify.
3
A river basin management plan—
a
must (without prejudice to subsection (2)(b)) contain or be accompanied by such maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter as the Scottish Ministers may direct, and
b
may contain or be accompanied by such other maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter as SEPA thinks appropriate for the purpose of explaining or illustrating any matter in the plan.
4
Any such maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter are to be treated as forming part of the plan; and references to such a plan are to be construed accordingly.